SHOW ME LOVE
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
THURSDAY, JULY 8	8:00PM	PANTAGES THEATRE	1

DIR: Lukas Moodysson, 1998, Sweden/Denmark, 35mm, 89 min.

As Outfest welcomes filmmakers and film programmers from around the world to Los Angeles, it is a pleasure to open the festival in celebration of international queerdom and good film with the winner of the Berlin International Film Festival’s 1999 Teddy Award, SHOW ME LOVE. Full of passion and intelligence, this dead-on portrait of adolescent love is a moving piece of cinema as well as a jubilation of sexuality, courage and independence.

Super cool Elin is an explosive teenage bombshell who is bored crazy with her life in the sleepy Swedish town of Amål. Agnes is a social outcast who moved to Amål over a year ago but still has not been able to make any friends. She has, however, managed to privately nurse a colossal crush on Elin and waxes on about it in her computer journal. Against Agnes' wishes, her parents insist on throwing a 16th birthday party for her. Of course, nobody shows up … that is, except for Elin and her sister, Jessica who come looking for free liquor. When Elin accidentally sees what Agnes has been writing on her computer, she takes on a dare for 20 bucks that she will kiss her, making Agnes the butt of cruel jokes at school. But Elin becomes racked with guilt, and moreover, she must admit that the kiss did not quite leave her cold.

Director Lukas Moodysson has created a bold and inspiring film that boasts lush cinematography, atmospheric sound design, and an honest script brimming with humor. With amazingly penetrating lead performances by Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecca Liljeberg, SHOW ME LOVE is a remarkable achievement with universal appeal.

— Shari Frilot, Co-Director of Festival Programming

IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

TRICK
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
MONDAY, JULY 19	5:00PM & 8:00PM	MANN	143A/B & 144

DIR: Jim Fall, 1999, USA, 35mm, 90 min.

Opposites attract, and an unlikely chemistry begins in this modern-day fable of magical possibility brewing amid the streets, bars, alleyways and tenements of Greenwich Village.

Talented, a little horny and a lot frustrated, cute Gabriel (Christian Campbell) is tired of the familiar patterns of his life repeating themselves ad nauseam. The career he craves as a Broadway composer is always just around the corner, and his search for Mr. Right only leads him to a series of wrong turns. Things perk up when he encounters Mark (John Paul Pitoc), a hot go-go dancer at a local bar whose sultry gaze toward Gabriel turns out to be more than a bid for tips. Only one problem remains for the impromptu two: Where to go? As the crowded Village seethes with nightlife, the two guys repeatedly try and fail to find a place where they can be alone and take care of business. Interrupted by roommates, strangers, friends in need, past tricks and most hilariously by Gabriel’s stagestruck, fag-hag friend and showtune-singing colleague Katherine (an outrageous Tori Spelling), the two struggle to keep their libidos idling while, almost by accident, they also get to know each other better than they had planned.

First-time feature filmmaker Jim Fall crafts a disarmingly compelling — and tuneful — fantasy in this contemporary love story, an official selection of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Trick perfectly captures the thrill of first lust and the possibility of a happy morning after.

- Shannon Kelley, Co-Director of Festival Programming